Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Fill the gap with the right small word: Grandma brought ___ five children. (a) after (b) across (c) up (d) off
- 2.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -less (b) -er (c) -ful (d) -ly
- 3.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) night (b) morning (c) lunch (d) school
- 4.Complete the idiom: The test was hard, but I had to bite the ___ and finish it. (a) biscuit (b) pencil (c) apple (d) bullet
- 5.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) choose – select (b) choose – reject (c) laugh – cry (d) give – take
- 6.Which is the formal word for “about”? (a) approximately (b) immediately (c) previous (d) sufficient
- 7.Which word means “full of peace”? (a) peaces (b) peaceful (c) peacefully (d) peacemaker
- 8.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
- 9.Complete the idiom: Our plan failed, so we were back to square ___. (a) zero (b) ten (c) two (d) one
- 10.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) distidy (c) mistidy (d) untidy
- 11.Which word means the same as “brave”? (a) tiny (b) scared (c) lazy (d) bold
- 12.Fill the gap: a ___ of pearls (a) flock (b) pride (c) string (d) herd
- 13.Which word is a verb? (a) creation (b) creatively (c) create (d) creative
- 14.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “enquire”? (a) buy (b) live (c) ask (d) help
- 15.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “exit”? (a) journey (b) window (c) entrance (d) question
- 16.Complete the analogy: Cow is to calf as sheep is to ___. (a) lamb (b) cub (c) foal (d) kid
- 17.Which spelling is correct? (a) beutiful (b) beatiful (c) beautiful (d) beautifull
- 18.Fill the gap: A crowd is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) ships (c) people (d) grapes
- 19.One word for: handwriting that cannot be read (a) illiterate (b) edible (c) illegible (d) invisible
- 20.Add the suffix: hope + ful = ? (a) hopefull (b) hopful (c) hopeful (d) hoapful
- 21.Fill in the opposite: Winter is cold, but summer is ___. (a) small (b) sad (c) slow (d) hot
- 22.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
- 23.Choose the right form: Painting helps children become more ___. (a) creation (b) creative (c) create (d) creatively
- 24.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 25.Fill the gap: a ___ of judges (a) herd (b) bench (c) swarm (d) flock
- 26.Which word is the opposite of “clean”? (a) early (b) dirty (c) heavy (d) tall
- 27.Which word is an adverb? (a) beautifully (b) beautiful (c) beauty (d) beautify
- 28.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use again (d) use wrongly
- 29.What does the phrasal verb “put off” mean? (a) wear (b) agree (c) arrive (d) postpone
- 30.Which word is the opposite of “wet”? (a) full (b) fast (c) hot (d) dry
- 31.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 32.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “receive”? (a) tell (b) live (c) get (d) help
- 33.One word for: not fit to be eaten (a) audible (b) edible (c) inedible (d) visible
- 34.Which word is a verb? (a) purely (b) purity (c) pure (d) purify
- 35.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) calandar (b) receive (c) disappear (d) immediately
- 36.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “however”? (a) so (b) often (c) about (d) but
- 37.What does the phrasal verb “run into” mean? (a) race someone (b) meet by chance (c) avoid someone (d) run indoors
- 38.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) not read (c) read before (d) read again
- 39.Fill in the opposite: My glass was full; now it is ___. (a) loud (b) tall (c) empty (d) hot
- 40.Fill the gap: A kid is the young one of a ___. (a) goat (b) hen (c) cow (d) cat
Answer key
- up
- -ly
- night
- bullet
- choose – select
- approximately
- peaceful
- sew
- one
- untidy
- bold
- string
- create
- ask
- entrance
- lamb
- beautiful
- people
- illegible
- hopeful
- hot
- male
- creative
- pre-
- bench
- dirty
- beautifully
- use wrongly
- postpone
- dry
- mis-
- get
- inedible
- purify
- calandar
- but
- meet by chance
- read wrongly
- empty
- goat
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